GitHub Copilot in JetBrains IDEs: @project context and commit message suggestions

The GitHub Copilot plugin for JetBrains IDES now helps you ask questions about your entire codebase, via @project, and Copilot can help you out even more by generating commit message suggestions.

@project context

With @project context, you can ask any question you have about your project, and Github Copilot will read your entire project’s codebase and return detailed answers with references to relevant files and symbols. @project context helps you find the code you’re looking for, understand how functionality is implemented, and much more.

Commit message suggestions

Now GitHub Copilot in JetBrains will generate commit messages for you, helping you craft informative commit messages and saving you that extra bit of time every day. 

UX improvements & bug fixes

This update also includes a few other UX improvements:

  • Chat conversations are now ordered by last modified time.
  • We fixed a bug where chat conversation history was lost after signing out.
  • We fixed color display issues when switching system themes between dark and light. 

Get started and join the discussion

Try out the latest version of the GitHub Copilot plugin and share your thoughts in the GitHub Community. We’d love to hear your feedback!

 

Dependabot helps users focus on the most important alerts by including EPSS scores that indicate likelihood of exploitation, now generally available

Dependabot alerts now feature the Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS) from the global Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST), helping you better assess vulnerability risks.

EPSS scores predict the likelihood of a vulnerability being exploited, with scores ranging from 0 to 1 (0 to 100%). Higher scores mean higher risk. We also show the EPSS score percentile, indicating how a vulnerability compares to others.

For example, a 90.534% EPSS score at the 95th percentile means:

  • 90.534% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
  • 95% of other vulnerabilities are less likely to be exploited

You can use EPSS scores to help prioritize dependency vulnerabilities based on exploit likelihood.

This feature is available on GitHub.com today, and will be available in GitHub Enterprise Server staring with version 3.17.

Learn more in FIRST’s EPSS User Guide.
Join the discussion within GitHub Community.
Read more about viewing, sorting, and filtering Dependabot alerts in GitHub’s Dependabot docs.

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Enhanced billing platform for Free plan for organizations

Starting February 4, 2025, new GitHub Free plan customers will gain access to the enhanced billing platform: a suite of new features designed to help administrators understand and manage GitHub spend for their organization.

Benefits of the new platform include:

  • Spend transparency: view usage for organizations, repositories, products, and SKUs by day, month, or year
  • Improved control: set budgets to limit spending and configure alerts to stay informed of budget utilization

Screenshot of the metered usage graph in the Mona-free-organization

What to expect

Existing Free plan customers will gain access to the enhanced billing platform in the coming months. You will be informed via email and an in-app banner on the billing page in advance of the transition.

Here are some things to know about the transition:

  • Once transitioned, a new Billing & Licensing section will appear in the enterprise account menu.
  • Spending limits will be migrated and renamed as budgets in the new billing platform. For more details about budgets, visit Preventing overspending.
  • While the new billing platform will not visually display historical usage, you will be able to download a usage report to get your pre-transition historical usage.

Other important changes

  • Git Large File Storage will transition from prepaid, quota-based data packs to a usage-based metered billing model. If you use Git Large File Storage today, you’ll receive credits for any unused data packs. For more information, visit “About enhanced billing for Git Large File Storage.”

Learn more

For more information, visit Using the enhanced billing platform for organizations.

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